2 Esdras 5:23-25

Common English Bible

²³ Supreme Lord, you chose one vine from every forest on earth and from all its trees, ²⁴ and from all this world’s lands you chose for yourself one region,^[a] and from all the world’s flowers you chose for yourself one lily, ²⁵ and from all the ocean’s depths you filled for yourself one river, and from all cities that have been built you dedicated for yourself Zion,